Talk:Carvana

Recent edits

Here's an explanation for my recent edits: MOS:INTRO says that the lead should summarize the sections in the body of the article, so everything in the lead needs to be in the body somewhere. I also revised the wording to sound less promotional, removed non-noteworthy trivial details (e.g., hwy sponsorship with only local coverage; see WP:INDISCRIMINATE and WP:GNG), and non-independent sources (like trade magazines and press releases). I'm happy to explain more if anyone has specific questions. PermStrump(talk) 00:13, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Promotional content

User:ChrisCourtney and User:JonHansen3 - Wikipedia is not "social media" and not a vehicle for promotion, per WP:NOT which is what defines the mission of Wikipedia (and what is not the mission).

The content added by Chris here violated the WP:PROMO policy, the WP:VERIFY policy, and the WP:NPOV policy, and didn't follow the WP:MOS, Wikipedia's manual of style.

The content you restored together here has the same issues. Jytdog (talk) 18:32, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Noticed edits of a similar nature from User:Macrandall3 recently, which significantly decreased the overall quality of the article. --Elephanthunter (talk) 01:58, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Edit request

This line is incorrect in terms of how the business operates:

"The company delivers cars to customers for $200, or customers can also pick up their purchased vehicle from one of the company's car vending machines."

The requested change is to the following:

"The company delivers cars to customers anywhere in the contiguous United States, and offers free delivery for individuals living within 100 miles of a Carvana market[1]. Customers can also pick up their purchased vehicle from one of the company's car vending machines, with locations in Atlanta[2], Austin[3], Houston[4], Nashville[5], and San Antonio.[6]"

And the sources are as follows:
[1] - http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2016/11/16/carvana-launches-in-10th-new-market-this-year.html (Ringle, Hayley)
[2] - http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2013/12/02/carvana-opens-used-car-vending-machine-in-atlanta.html (Gastelu, Gary)
[3] - http://fortune.com/2017/02/07/carvana-vending-machine-austin/ (Korosec, Kristen)
[4] - http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2016/12/14/houstons-first-car-vending-machine-officially.html (Martin, Joe)
[5] - http://www.popsci.com/new-automated-car-vending-machine-opens-in-nashville (Kratochwill, Lindsey)
[6] - http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/carvana-launches-automated-car-vending-machine-in-texas/ (Hard, Andrew)

JonHansen3 (talk) 18:55, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Requesting a response for all 3 of these requests? I am confused at what is being asked here. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 23:50, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

 Done; I've also incorporated a bit of one of your other requests into the sentence. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 23:59, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Edit request 2

Can we add something about the 23 markets that Carvana operates in?

Example:

As of March 2017, Carvana is active in 23 markets including Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Hampton Roads, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Memphis, Miami, Nashville, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Richmond, San Antonio, Tampa, and Washington, D.C.. [1] [2]

Source for 22 out of 23 Markets:
[1] http://www.crainscleveland.com/print/article/20161207/NEWS/161209848/online-used-car-dealer-carvana-launches-service-in-cleveland (Suttell, Scott)

    "To date, Carvana has delivered cars to customers in 47 states. Carvana now offers free, as-soon-as next-day delivery to residents in 22 markets: Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Memphis, Miami, Nashville, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Richmond, San Antonio, Tampa, Washington D.C., and now Hampton Roads."

Source for Philadelphia (23/23 markets)
[2] http://www.philly.com/philly/business/retail/Carvana-Drives-Into-Philly.html (Parmley, Suzette)

Hi @JonHansen3! I have a question about this edit request in particular, though I will still make the other 2 requests. Have there been any updates to the number of markets served by your company since this request was made? I would like to know before fulfilling this request.

For now, though, I have implemented only the part about the 23 locations. Please ping me if anything changes. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 00:00, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Edit request 3

The technology section doesn't read very clearly, and we were wondering if it could be looked into. We have attached copy that we think would be better without any major changes to what is being said.

First Paragraph:

Old:

In November 2013, Carvana opened a three bay "car vending machine" in Atlanta, Georgia that allowed people to pick up a car they had bought online, or to buy one of the cars without dealing with a sales person. and in 2015, the company opened an automated version of its car vending machine in Nashville, Tennessee -- a five-story glass tower that holds 20 cars at a time.


New:

In November 2013, Carvana opened a three-bay car vending machine in Atlanta, Georgia that allowed people to pick up a car they had bought online, and in 2015, the company opened an automated version of its car vending machine in Nashville, Tennessee -- a five-story glass tower that holds 20 cars at a time.

Second Paragraph:

Old:

After buying a car online, customers who chose to pick up their car from a car vending machine location by finding their transaction into a kiosk at the site or by inserting a special coin into a receptacle at the site.


New:

After buying a car online, customers can choose to pick up their car from a car vending machine. When they arrive at the car vending machine, customers are given a special coin which they insert into a receptacle at the site that initiates the vending process and delivers their car to one of the delivery bays.

JonHansen3 (talk) 19:23, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

I have implemented the first part of this request. The second part just seemed more complicated than what was already there. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 23:57, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

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"Team members"

In the intro to the article, it says that "Carvana employs close to 20,000 team members." is 'team member' a synonym for employees? The language seems a little weird. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vapblack (talk • contribs) 11:43, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

@Vapblack: I've removed the information. It's marketing-speak from a press release, and not really appropriate for Wikipedia. --Elephanthunter (talk) 02:29, 30 April 2022 (UTC)